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Antonio Fresu clinches Santa Anita jockeys title
Secured Freedom wins the Affirmed Stakes for 3-year-olds as the Arcadia track wraps up its winter-spring season. Los Alamitos opens its spring meet on Friday.
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U.S. Open: Shinnecock Hills study begins before practice rounds
More players are following a script from Jack Nicklaus back in his prime – see the course early before it becomes populated with pros and amateurs, contenders and dreamers playing…
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World Cup: Uruguay’s Maxi Araújo scores equalizer in draw with Saudi Arabia
Abdulelah Al-Amri scores in the 41st minute for Saudi Arabia, but Uruguay dominates possession and finally gets one of its 29 shots to go when Araújo scores in the 80th…
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Dodgers’ Tommy Edman set to be activated on Tuesday
Manager Dave Roberts says the utility man, who had an ankle procedure over the winter, could come off the bench Tuesday and will start the series finale against the Rays…
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Angels’ Mike Trout on track for his All-Star Game return
Trout was second among American League outfielders with 926,601 votes when the first returns in Phase 1 of All-Star balloting were released on Monday. Only Yankees slugger Aaron Judge (977,460)…
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Fans from Iran show up to be heard on World Cup stage
Some showed up at SoFi Stadium just to make a statement, but many others cheered enthusiastically for Iran in its opener, no matter their feelings about the country's government.
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Iran rallies to salvage a draw with New Zealand in World Cup opener
Iran overcomes two deficits and gets the tying goal from Mohammad Mohebbi in the 64th minute in Inglewood. Elijah Just scores early in each half for New Zealand.
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San Clemente schools, Westcliff University clinch NSSA national championships
San Clemente High School took top spot once again after two years, Shorecliff Middle School earned its 21st title and Westcliff University in Irvine earned its first NSSA National Interscholastic…
Nara Organics recalls baby formula sold at Target after multistate infant botulism outbreak
Federal authorities report that three babies became ill in California, Pennsylvania and Washington in April and May after consuming the formula.
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Former businessman extradited, charged in decades old homicides in Rolling Hills Estates, Whittier
Richard Wall Sr. was extradited from Montenegro and may make his first court appearance on July 1 related to the deaths of Jeffrey Tidus and Juan Gabriel Mendez-Ramirez